Palestinian President Yasser Arafat salutes his army prior to delivering a speech November 14. Arafat said he was determined to declare a Palestinian state next year with Arab East Jerusalem as its capital "whether they like it or not", refering to Israelis. Arafat said the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza strip was a reaffirmation of the Palestine Leberation Organisation's November 15, 1988 declaration of independence made in exile.

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat salutes his army prior to delivering a speech November 14. Arafat said he was determined to declare a Palestinian state next year with Arab East Jerusalem as its capital "whether they like it or not", refering to Israelis. Arafat said the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza strip was a reaffirmation of the Palestine Leberation Organisation's November 15, 1988 declaration of independence made in exile.